1. NATIONALITIES To talkaboutthepeopleof a country

2. Ending in -sh, -ch, -eseor -ss Weonlyput “the” beforethenationality: TheBritishare verypunctual. TheCzech are polite TheJapanese are reserved. TheSwissare reallywealthy. Form: THE + ADJECTIVE

3. Ending in -an In this case weonlyadd a “s” attheendoftheadjective/noun: TheBrazilians are veryfriendly. TheItalianslove pasta. TheAustralians are veryserious. TheHungarians are verystrict. Form: THE + ADJECTIVE-(S)

4. Theotherones For thenationalitieswhichdon’tend in -sh, -ch, -ss, -esse or –an butthathave a singleword as anadjectiveand a noun: TheSlovaks. TheYugoslavs. TheGreeks. The Thais. Form: THE + ADJECTIVE-(S)

5. Theotherones For thenationalitieswhichhavedifferentwords for theadjectiveandthenoun: ThePolish OR ThePoles TheIcelandic OR TheIcelanders TheDanish OR The Danes TheFinnish OR TheFinns Form: THE + ADJECTIVE Form: THE + NOUN-(S) OR

6. GROUPS OF PEOPLE To specify a kindofgroup

7. We use it either ‘the’ or ‘people’ Thesick OR Sickpeople Thedeaf OR Deafpeople Thewounded OR Woundedpeople Theold OR Oldpeople Form: THE + ADJECTIVE Form: ADJECTIVE + PEOPLE

8. ONE OR ONES To substitutethenoun

9. We use ‘one’ for singular e ‘ones’ for plural The new design is much better than the old one. There were a few young people with some old ones in the house. In theplaceof design In theplaceofpeople

10. ADJECTIVE ORDER IN ENGLISH

11. 1 - Opinion or judgment- beautiful, ugly, easy, fast, interesting; 2 - Size- small, tall, short, big; 3 - Age- young, old, new, historic, ancient; 4 - Shape- round, square, rectangular; 5 - Color- red, black, green, purple; 6 – Nationality/Origin - French, Asian, American, Canadian, Japanese…; 7 - Material- wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper; 8 - Purpose or Qualifier/Noun - foldout sofa, fishing boat, racing car. A beautiful long curved old red Italian steel racing car